Banned Books Week 2017

September 24–30 is Banned Books Week, an annual event celebrating open access to information and our freedom to read. Each year, several books are challenged in libraries and schools across the country, and their removal requested. Banned Books Week shines a light on these attempts at censorship by releasing a list of the most-challenged books that year.

Check out some of the young adult books included in last year's list, as well as some beloved favorites from previous years.

"Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try"—Publisher

In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

Rose and her parents have been going to Awago Beach since she was a little girl. It's her summer getaway, her refuge. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and Rose and her friend Windy have gotten tangled up in a tragedy-in-the-making.